For the love of haiku – rouge flower
Once again Carpe Diem has given us a challenge and a lead – this time to the understanding of the simplicity of a thing’s true nature.
I hesitate to try this challenge with the example of haiku master Chiyo-ni in front of me, but here goes:
dew on the daisy,
dew on the rouge flower, who
can tell them apart?
e a m harris 
Very nice take on this one 🙂
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Thank you. I’m glad you enjoyed it.
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Hi e a m harris, I nominated you for a liebster blog award. See my latest post if you’re interested in following up. Gary, http://www.shakemyheadhollow.com
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Thank you so much for the nomination. I am greatly honoured. It is an award that requires a lot of thought so it’ll be a while before I can do anything about it. Congratulations to you on your nomination. You deserve it for your lovely blog.
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Enticingly enigmatic
Perhaps it is for the discerning
Or maybe just pretense
JzB
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Thank you so much for the poetic comment. I think some readers will see it as discerning and others as pretence. I love the way the same piece of writing rings different bells for different readers.
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Awesome … I love how you took up the challenge to write a haiku inspired by Chiyo-Ni.
Chèvrefeuille (a.k.a. Basho2012 and Kristjaan Panneman)
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Thank you so much for your comment. And thank you for publishing the original haiku – it was really inspiring.
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Hesitate no more!! You captured the soul of Chiyo-Ni with your own unique spin!
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Thank you so much for your lovely comment. I’m glad you liked the haiku.
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Who can tell them apart? Only the discerning!
After Chiyo-Ni
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Thank you for pointing out an aspect that I hadn’t thought of. It just shows that once a poem has gone into the world it can speak differently to different readers.
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